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The bolded link above does NOT to to thesamba.com - you can usually see this if you hover over the link in your email.
The scammers do this by using HTML (website code) in the email to make it look like one link but go somewhere else.
Example: This link says http://www.google.com but it goes to Yahoo.com

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Someone recently forwarded me an email they received that appeared to be from TheSamba.com. This message is NOT from the site. I would never send an email telling you to "click here" and enter your account information. Only scam emails ask you to do this.

After reviewing his account we have confirmed that he placed that item in order to defraud seriour buyers. We have closed his ad and terminated his membership. We have found that he was using a HTML code hidden in the item description that could have compromised your account and every account that has visited his ad. In order to insure you still have access to your account we urge you to follow the link below to login to your account. If your password is not working, feel free to click "Forgot Password" and get a new one. If it works it means your account has not been compromised and there's no need to change it. We thank you for your understanding. We are doing this to facilitate a safe environment for our members to buy and sell on TheSamba.com !

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In addition, the following is not possible as HTML is not allowed in ads on the site:

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We have found that he was using a HTML code hidden in the item description that could have compromised your account and every account that has visited his ad.

yeah, alot of these emails come from really wierd foreign web adresses. Is it just me but does anyone else get those fake stocks emails? It'll have like some wierd shit that I cant understand and then a poem at the bottom, really wierd. The sender adress will be through some adress like www.bunthenger.nu.html.forbe.k and I'll go there (safely) and it'll be some wierd discussion forum. These things come in huge quanities to my bulk folder

BTW, I googled that Bus ad, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is... Common Sense should prevail.
This person has the same ad in about 20 different sites, from recycler.com to cars.com, et al.

Ad the reason they want (what you would think is a worthless free account) is so that they can post for sale adds on old well established accounts to scam people out of money. Rule of thumb, use your bookmarks(or safer, type in) to go to the site and then log on.

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Hi,Good Day!!!!!!
My name is Miss.Florence, I saw your profile at ( www.thesamba.com ) today and was moved and become interested in you, I will like you to send me an email to my address ( [email protected] ) so that i can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am.

I believed we can move from here? Remember color or distance does not matter but LOVE matters allot in life). Reply me back with my email address ( [email protected] ) hope to hear from you soon from Miss. Florence

Hi,Good Day!!!!!!
My name is Miss.Florence, I saw your profile at ( www.thesamba.com ) today and was moved and become interested in you, I will like you to send me an email to my address ( [email protected] ) so that i can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am.

I believed we can move from here? Remember color or distance does not matter but LOVE matters allot in life). Reply me back with my email address ( [email protected] ) hope to hear from you soon from Miss. Florence

I thought about this more as several people who are "popular" on the site forwarded me the same email and I think another answer for these sort of emails is that someone on the site has a computer that is virus-infected and it's using a web site from their browser history to email everyone in their email address book._________________How to Post PhotosEverett Barnes - [email protected] | My wanted ads
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Hi,Good Day!!!!!!
My name is Miss.Florence, I saw your profile at ( www.thesamba.com )
today and was moved and become interested in you, I will like you to
send me an email to my address ( [email protected] ) so that i
can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am.

I believed we can move from here? Remember color or distance does
not matter but LOVE matters allot in life). Reply me back with my
email address ( [email protected] ) hope to hear from you soon
from Miss. Florence

_________________Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!--Edward Abbey

I recieved the same email as above today as well word for word. I recently changed my email on the site, and haven't had too many emails yet on it, so I can give you a short list of some people if you want to administer a beat down, everett.